Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An inmate at Hoima Prison has collapsed and died. The deceased has been identified as Stephen Mbabazi 38, a resident of Bujumbura East in Hoima City. Mbabazi who was on remand on charges of murder collapsed and died on Thursday at 9 a.m. Mbabazi …
Read More »Livingstone Mbabazi takes over at Vipers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vipers Sports Club has appointed former Arua Hill SC head Coach Charles Livingstone Mbabazi as their new Head Coach on a two-year employment contract. The Kitende-based club announced on Monday, barely two weeks since they parted ways with Brazilian Coach Leonard Martins Neiva “Vipers …
Read More »Mbabazi charged for ‘conning’ magistrate, Nambi in for ‘forging’ will
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has remanded a businessman on charges of obtaining money by false pretence from a judicial officer. Bamwesigye Willis Mbabazi, a resident of Jinja Karoli, Nabweru Division in Nansana Municipality, has been arraigned before the Court presided over by Grade …
Read More »Behind lion massacres in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park
Concern as number of lions killed in the Queen Elizabeth National Park since 2018 rises to 17 SPECIAL FEATURE | On March 20, last year, six lions were found dead in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park located about 400km southwest of Kampala. This brought the number of …
Read More »The new Museveni, Mbabazi connection
Can their new plan stave-off coup fear? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Feb.11, President Yoweri Museveni who had not ventured outside East Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Uganda in March, 2020, flew thousands of miles to Congo-Brazzaville and Senegal. A statement from State House said President Yoweri …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Museveni, Mbabazi connection
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The new Museveni, Mbabazi connection: Can their new plan stave-off coup fear? THE LAST WORD The Uganda-DRC case: How the ruling against Uganda presents Africa a golden opportunity to expose the hypocrisy of …
Read More »Mbabazi is back – as African security chief
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has said that torture is unacceptable and goes against the laws of Uganda. In his first media address after several years, Mbabazi said that as a member of the National Resistance Movement party-NRM, one of the things they fought …
Read More »Rwanda edges Uganda in race for top African Union Commission job
📌 February 6 -7, 2021 – 34th AU SUMMIT & AUC elections Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the deputy governor of the national bank of Rwanda, has been elected Vice Chairperson of the African Union Commission. Nsanzabaganwa,50, got 42 votes in the final round of voting today from …
Read More »African Union holds first virtual summit today
📌 February 6 -7, 2021 – 34th AU SUMMIT & AUC elections Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Union (AU) will from midday today host its first virtual summit in Addis Ababa at which DRC’s Felix Antoine Tshisekedi will take over as chairperson, and elections of the AU Commission …
Read More »Uganda’s Mbabazi eyes top African Union job
📌 February 6, 2021 – AUC elections Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Prof. Pamela Kasabiiti Mbabazi is one of eight who have been nominated to contest as Vice Chairperson in next week’s African Union Commission (AUC) elections in Addis Ababa. Prof. Mbabazi,51, is the Chairperson of the National Planning Authority …
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